Benjamin Harrison Eaton
Union Army officer
Died when: 70 years 319 days (850 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Benjamin Harrison Eaton (December 15, 1833 – October 29, 1904) was an American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Eaton was a founding officer of the Greeley Colony and was instrumental in the establishment of modern irrigation farming to Northern Colorado.
A member of the Republican Party, he served as the fourth Governor of Colorado, from January 1885 to January 1887, with the nickname of the "farmer governor".
He was one of the largest land owners in Weld and Larimer counties, at one time owning over ninety 160 acre (0.6 km²) parcels, all watered from canals and reservoirs of his own construction.
His projects were influential in helping turn the South Platte River valley into an important agricultural region in the state's economy.
The town of Eaton, Colorado in western Weld County is named for him.Eaton is among Colorado's sixteen notable pioneers who are depicted in stained glass on the rotunda of the Colorado State Capitol Building.
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